Author: John Hibler

March 26, 2018 Summary: Skies are clear and temperatures are chilly this morning with most locations in the mid 30s to the lower 40s.  Sanger, as of 6:00am, was reporting 32 degrees and was the coldest I could find.  The low pressure system has now moved into Arizona while a ridge continues to build off…

March 25, 2018 Summary: A cold trough of low pressure is currently moving through with very little fanfare.  The air aloft is quite chilly, especially over northern California where the freezing level over Oakland is all the way down to 3,800 feet.  Down the coast at Vandenberg, the freezing level stands at 5,600 feet.  Assuming…

March 24, 2018 Summary: Skies are generally partly cloudy over the valley this afternoon.  Even though temperatures are barely 60 degrees at most locations, it’s still 2 to 4 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time.  Doppler radar is also indicating there are some light showers over the Coast Range with a few over the…

March 24, 2018 Summary: There is still a great deal of cloudiness lingering along the east side and over the south valley which will eventually be overtaken by increasing cloudiness this afternoon.  There is a rather beleaguered looking cold front now moving over the northern portion of the San Joaquin Valley.  The front will move…

March 23, 2018 Summary: There still is a considerable amount of upslope clouds which are developing along the Sierra Nevada foothills and the north facing slopes of the Tehachapis.  Much of the east side is still overcast as are portions of Kern County.  A northwest flow at the surface is creating these upslope clouds.  They…

March 23, 2018 Summary: The storm of the season went out with a bang yesterday afternoon as heavy thunderstorms developed with very heavy rain in some areas.  There are a few locations that received almost three inches of rain yesterday alone and as these storms moved into the foothills, flash flooding occurred in various locations…

March 22, 2018 Summary: This massive storm system has in every way, shape, and form lived up to its billing put out earlier this week.  Tamarack Ridge has received more than six inches of rain over just the past 24 hours.  Wishon Dam has recorded 5.75 during the same period with many other locations reporting…

March 22, 2018 Summary: The atmospheric river of air continues to pound central California this morning.  Tulare and Kern Counties are receiving somewhat of a break from the precipitation as a rain shadow has developed with heavy downsloping occurring along the north facing slopes of the Tehachapi Mountains.  Heavy precipitation continues up and down the…

March 21, 2018 Summary: There has been a fairly narrow channel of very juicy subtropical air moving into California from San Luis Obispo County southward through Los Angeles.  The heaviest precipitation by far today has been in Kern County, especially from roughly Bakersfield south.  Analyzing satellite imagery off shore, another burst of moisture will begin…

March 21, 2018 Summary: The precipitation pattern with this event has so far come in surges.  The latest is currently spreading precipitation, locally heavy, from Los Angeles County on the south to Kings and Tulare Counties on the north.  Two to three inches of rain have accumulated in upslope areas of the central coastal mountains…